BBC’s bomb disposal ‘sitcom’ raises fears for Army families

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The BBC is to court controversy with a new sitcom about bomb disposal teams
working in Afghanistan.

Army families and politicians expressed unease about the show, named IED
from the acronym for improvised explosive device.

The comedy, set in Helmand Province, portrays the “intense drama” of bomb
disposal and the “fractious camaraderie” among the soldiers, the BBC said.
It added: “It’s a show about something the public easily forget: soldiers
really enjoy being soldiers.”

Bobby Wright, whose son Mark, a member of the Parachute Regiment, was killed
in 2006 trying to rescue comrades from a minefield for which he was